Installation view of "the hole fits the worm, but only as it moves" at the plumb
Ellen Bleiwas, "Got Up", 2021-2022. Inkjet prints on Noritsu paper, ink. 365 prints with date-stamp below, dimensions variable.
Ellen Bleiwas, "Got Up", 2021-2022. Inkjet prints on Noritsu paper, ink. 365 prints with date-stamp below, dimensions variable.
Ellen Bleiwas, "Got Up", 2021-2022. Inkjet prints on Noritsu paper, ink. 365 prints with date-stamp below, dimensions variable.
Installation view of "the hole fits the worm, but only as it moves" at the plumb
Installation view of "the hole fits the worm, but only as it moves" at the plumb
Ellen Bleiwas, "Peel", 2020-2021. Clementine peels, ink. 200 date-stamped clementine peels, 5" x 47" x 47"
Ellen Bleiwas, "Peel", 2020-2021. Clementine peels, ink. 200 date-stamped clementine peels, 5" x 47" x 47"
Installation view of "the hole fits the worm, but only as it moves" at the plumb
Emily DiCarlo, "Circular T: A Collection of Uncertainties", 2020. Single channel HD video, sound, binders, transmission reports. 51:16 minutes. Dimensions variable.
Emily DiCarlo, "Circular T: A Collection of Uncertainties", 2020. Single channel HD video, sound, binders, transmission reports. 51:16 minutes. Dimensions variable.
Emily DiCarlo, "Circular T: A Collection of Uncertainties", 2020. Single channel HD video, sound, binders, transmission reports. 51:16 minutes. Dimensions variable.
Installation view of "the hole fits the worm, but only as it moves" at the plumb
Emily DiCarlo, "The Propagation of Uncertainty", 2020. Three-channel HD video, sound, server racks. 5:40 minutes. Dimensions variable.
Installation view of "the hole fits the worm, but only as it moves" at the plumb
Emily DiCarlo, "Talking Clock Choir", 2022. Four-channel sound installation, PA speakers, modulated talking clock public service announcements every half hour. Dimensions variable.
Emily DiCarlo, "Talking Clock Choir", 2022. Four-channel sound installation, PA speakers, modulated talking clock public service announcements every half hour. Dimensions variable.
Installation view of "the hole fits the worm, but only as it moves" at the plumb
Ellen Bleiwas, "Rip", 2020-2022. Toilet paper, ink. 844 squares of toilet paper, dimensions variable.
Ellen Bleiwas, "Rip", 2020-2022. Toilet paper, ink. 844 squares of toilet paper, dimensions variable.
Ellen Bleiwas, "Rip", 2020-2022. Toilet paper, ink. 844 squares of toilet paper, dimensions variable.
Installation view of "the hole fits the worm, but only as it moves" at the plumb
Ellen Bleiwas, Emily DiCarlo, Justine Kohleal, "Throat", 2023. LED screen, video, sound. 37.75" x 31.25"
Ellen Bleiwas, Emily DiCarlo, Justine Kohleal, "Throat", 2023. LED screen, video, sound. 37.75" x 31.25"
Ellen Bleiwas, Emily DiCarlo, Justine Kohleal, "Prompt", 2023. Set of 10 business cards. 2.5" x 50" x 1.5"
Ellen Bleiwas, Emily DiCarlo, Justine Kohleal, "Prompt", 2023. Set of 10 business cards. 2.5" x 50" x 1.5"
Ellen Bleiwas, Emily DiCarlo, Justine Kohleal, "Prompt", 2023. Set of 10 business cards. 2.5" x 50" x 1.5"
Ellen Bleiwas, Emily DiCarlo, Justine Kohleal, "Prompt", 2023. Set of 10 business cards, Rolodex.
Ellen Bleiwas, "Got Up", 2021-2022. Inkjet prints on Noritsu paper, ink. 365 prints with date-stamp below, dimensions variable.
Ellen Bleiwas, Editions (Left: "Rip (Day 001 - 842 of 842)" Right: "Got Up (Day 001 of 365)"
Ellen Bleiwas, "Rip (Day 001 - 842 of 842)", 2020-2022, Inkjet print on Canson Baryta. 8"x8", Edition of 10 + 1AP. Note: Additional dates between March 13 2020 - July 14 2022 available upon request.
Ellen Bleiwas, "Got Up (Day 001 of 365)", 2021-2022, Inkjet print on Noritsu, ink. 3.5"x5", Edition of 50 + 1AP. Note: Additional dates between August 7 2021 - August 6 2022 available upon request.
Installation view of "the hole fits the worm, but only as it moves" at the plumb
Floor plan of "the hole fits the worm, but only as it moves" at the plumb
the hole fits the worm, but only as it moves
Installation views of the hole fits the worm, but only as it moves at the plumb
Ellen Bleiwas and Emily DiCarlo
Curated by Justine Kohleal
November 3 - December 3, 2023, Toronto
The artists and curator gratefully acknowledge the support of the Canada Council for the Arts in the creation of this exhibition.
Ellen Bleiwas gratefully acknowledges the City of Toronto through the Toronto Arts Council, and the Government of Ontario through the Ontario Arts Council. Her body of work included in this exhibition was produced with their support.
Photo Documentation by Alison Postma
Exhibition Review (web) / (PDF)
the hole fits the worm, but only as it moves brings together new and recent work by Toronto-based artists Ellen Bleiwas and Emily DiCarlo, including a video and sculptural installation with curator Justine Kohleal. Collectively, the artworks in the exhibition mobilize so-called ‘unproductive’ actions, including those associated with stillness and slowness, to interrogate and make felt neoliberal temporality and spatiality. Durational works like Bleiwas’ Got Up (2021-22) and DiCarlo’s Talking Clock Choir (2022) harness repetition as a means to resist immediacy, perpetual growth, and productivity, what DiCarlo describes as the “tents of late-capitalist pursuits.” The very ordinariness of the material—365 photographs of Bleiwas’ unmade bed and four PA speakers announcing noon from various national and international locations, respectively—speak to the artists’ desire to find meaning in the quotidian and highlight the ways in which difference can be preserved and encouraged through iterative actions.
Throat Video Documentation:
Ellen Bleiwas, Emily DiCarlo, Justine Kohleal, Throat, 2023. LED screen, video, sound. 37.75" x 31.25"
Video documentation by Emily DiCarlo
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